ISLAMABAD, 21 October 2021, (TON): Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi announced that Pakistan will give humanitarian assistance worth Rs5 billion to Afghanistan.

Speaking to the media after a day-long visit to Kabul, the minister said "if they need medicines at hospitals or whatever else their priorities are, they will tell us and we will be ready to give them humanitarian assistance in-kind."

During the press conference, Qureshi said that the Afghan government recognised and were "thankful" for how Pakistan had helped them in times of difficulty and the way the country had housed refugees for decades.

He said "right now there is a transition, there are challenges and to overcome that, Pakistan will play whatever role it needs to play.”

The foreign minister said that the high-level delegation that accompanied him on the trip also included officials from different ministries and institutions.

"The point of taking [the delegation] was so that after the main discussion, they would break off into sub-groups and hammer out the details of different issues related to visas, trade and border movement."